S. Subramani

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S. Subramani
Personal information
Full name Shunmugham Subramani
Date of birth (1972-08-05) 5 August 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Singapore
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, Right-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1998 Tanjong Pagar United 80 (0)
1999–2009 Home United 226 (2)
Total306(2)
International career
1996–2007 Singapore 115 [1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shunmugham Subramani (born 5 August 1972), commonly known as S. Subramani, is a former Singapore footballer in the S.League and former defender for the Singapore national football team.

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Playing career

Subramani started his career with Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1992. The club would change its name to Tiong Bahru United Football Club and then Tanjong Pagar United. In 1998, Subramani won the Singapore Cup and Singapore FA Cup in 1998, as well as being named S.League player of the year.

He signed for Home United in the 1999 season, where he teamed up with his regular partner at international level, Aide Iskandar. [2]

Subramani retired from football at the age of 37 in 2009. [3]

Coaching career

Subramani was assistant coach of Singapore's Under-23 team with Kadir Yahaya. [4]

International career

Subramani made his debut for Singapore on 27 June 1996 in the 4–0 win over Myanmar in an Asian Cup Qualifier. [5]

He played in every game in both the historic 1998 and 2004 triumphant Tiger Cup campaigns. He also played in two SEA Games, reaching the semi-finals in both Jakarta 1997 and Brunei 1999.[ citation needed ]

Subramani wanted to retire from international football in September 2004 [6] before he was persuaded by coach Radojko Avramović to stay on. [7] He officially retired following Singapore's triumph in the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship.

Subramani was inducted into the FIFA Century Club in June 2007. [5]

Honours

Club

Tanjong Pagar
Home United

International

Singapore

Individual

See also

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References

  1. "FIFA Century Club fact sheet" (PDF). FIFA. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
  2. Ben Nafarajan (2 December 1998). "Player of Year moves". The Straits Times . p. 51.
  3. "Captain S. Subramani announces retirement". Home United. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  4. Kasim, Ali (28 April 2015). "FAS sets Games football final target". The New Paper. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 "FIFA Century Club fact sheet" (PDF). FIFA. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2014.
  6. Jose Raymond (7 September 2004). "Tiger Cup winner Subramani set to quit Lions". Today . p. 46.
  7. Jose Raymond (12 January 2005). "Eyeing a century, Subra stays on for four more games". Today . p. 35.

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